New Year’s Eve 2014 Event

For the 2014/2015 New Year’s Eve, I was asked by a close friend to cook for her and her husband’s mothers. The couple wanted to treat their mothers to a special New Year’s Eve multiple-course dinner prepared in the couple’s home, and also so the ladies wouldn’t have to battle with crowded restaurants and heavy traffic that evening (which in South Lake Tahoe, gets quite insane). The theme requested was “surf ‘n turf,” and to keep the meal on the lighter side with smaller portions.

Kitchen Tips

Tip #94: Cooking for Guests

When preparing meals for guests (or even in everyday cooking), try to cook the items with different methods. This helps add interest and different textures to your meal on the plate, and be appealing to the eye. Some of the different methods you can use are sautéing, frying, steaming, roasting, braising, grilling.

Did You Know...

Carryover cooking is when an item continues to cook even after being removed from a heat source.